一风吹

一風吹
yīfēngchuī
idiom

Meanings

  1. 1 to blow it all away in one gust
  2. 2 to wipe the slate clean
  3. 3 to cancel or write off entirely

Examples

Guòqù de ēnyuàn, jiù yīfēngchuī ba.
Let's just let bygones be bygones.
Yǐqián de chéngnuò bù néng shuō yīfēngchuī jiù yīfēngchuī.
You can't just write off your old promises with a wave of the hand.
Jiù zhàng yīfēngchuī, cóng jīntiān chóngxīn kāishǐ.
Old debts are wiped clean — we start fresh today.

Tips

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Colloquial, modern. Almost always about resolutions, past grievances, or earlier conclusions being casually thrown out — 'gone with the wind.'

Stroke Order

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chuī